Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt was a Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered the element nickel in 1751 as a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines. Cronstedt is considered a founder of modern mineralogy, for introducing the blowpipe as a tool for mineralogists, and for proposing that the mineral kingdom be organized on the basis of chemical analysis in his book Försök til mineralogie, eller mineral-rikets upställning.
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Date of Birth
December 23rd, 1722
Age
302
Birth Place
Sweden, Stockholm County
Date of Death
August 19th, 1765
Died Aged
42
Star Sign
Capricorn
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